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Rome Statute

Article 8
War crimes
2. For the purpose of this Statute, "war crimes" means:
(a) Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, namely, any of the following acts against persons or property protected under the provisions of the relevant Geneva Convention:
(i) Wilful killing;
(ii) Torture or inhuman treatment, including biological experiments;
(iii) Wilfully causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or health;
(iv) Extensive destruction and appropriation of property, not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly;
(v) Compelling a prisoner of war or other protected person to serve in the forces of a hostile Power;
(vi) Wilfully depriving a prisoner of war or other protected person of the rights of fair and regular trial;
(vii) Unlawful deportation or transfer or unlawful confinement;
(viii) Taking of hostages.

States with implementing provisions

StateProvisions
Albania [1]
Armenia [1]
Australia [1] [2] [3]
Azerbaijan [1]
Bangladesh [1]
Belgium [1]
Bosnia and Herzegovina [1] [2]
Botswana [1]
Bulgaria [1] [2] [3]
Cabo Verde [1]
Cambodia [1] [2]
Canada [1]
Costa Rica [1]
Ethiopia [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Finland [1] [2] [3] [4]
Georgia [1] [2] [3] [4]
Greece [1] [2] [3] [4]
Hungary [1] [2]
Ireland [1] [2]
Kenya [1] [2]
Kiribati [1]
Latvia [1]
Lesotho [1]
Lithuania [1] [2]
Malta [1] [2]
Mauritius [1]
Montenegro [1]
Namibia [1]
Netherlands [1]
New Zealand [1]
Norway [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Philippines [1] [2] [3]
Rwanda [1]
Serbia [1]
Singapore [1]
Slovakia [1] [2] [3]
Slovenia [1] [2]
South Africa [1] [2]
Spain [1]
Switzerland [1]
Tajikistan [1]
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia [1]
Timor-Leste [1]
Trinidad and Tobago [1] [2]
Uganda [1] [2] [3]
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [1] [2] [3] [4]
United States of America [1]
Vanuatu [1]
Viet Nam [1]